The Start
OK we didn't have the best ever start to our trip 1. we couldn't get seats altogether on the flight out as we hadn't pre-booked seat and it took ages to sort. 2) Hamish's (one of our team) luggage didn't make the flight to Turkey and turned up two days later. 3) there was a problem with our hotel booking when we arrived but Holly and Matt did an awesome job in sorting everything out as they did throughout the whole trip and it didn't seem to matter in the end.
The heat
WOW! It was so hot in Turkey. One day it started to rain in the evening however it was still 27 degrees! We woke up at 7am in the morning and it was 25 degrees. In the UK it's hardly ever 2 degrees let alone at 7am in the morning. However unfortunately I didn't come back with much of a tan. See Mum and Dad, I did use sun cream and wear long sleeves rashies and leggings!
The accommodation
The best accommodation ever! It had seven swimming pools which were all deluxe. All the girls stayed in one room and all the boys stayed in another. The rooms were fine however the supposedly balcony was 1cm off the ground! However the best bit for most of the team was the food! On the training days we got a buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner. On the sailing days we got the buffet for breakfast and dinner. Most of the food was lovely but there was lots of stuff that we weren't really sure on. However the highlight for the food was when all 4 boys accidentally set the toaster on fire! Oops!
They were so busy!! As you may have seen from some of the pictures I was on my team mates shoulders most of the time. The view you got from up there was incredible! I felt really proud waving the flag as we walked. I loved watching the closing ceremony seeing all the fellow sailors stood on the podium waving their flags.
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| Chillin by the Pool |
The opening and closing ceremonies
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| The British Team at the Opening Ceremony |
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| Team dinner |
Some Great New Friends
Now at every event you do you meet some lovely friends and we met some fantastic sailors and played lots of international games of Uno to pass the time while we waited for the wind to blow or stop blowing really hard. Even though sometimes we couldn't speak each others languages it didn't seem to matter. We met people from so many countries and made some of the best friends ever, the Singaporeans in particular. They were so friendly and really funny and are the best sailors ever! We had such good time with them that we ended up exchanging emails and they invited us to go over and train in Singapore!
I'm sure everybody in the team definitely enjoyed the week on and off the water with some memorable moments. I'm sure everybody's still wishing they were in Turkey because I sure am! It was an amazing experience being part of the British team and I definitely want to represent the British again! Below I will put the top 10 highlights of the trip in any order!
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| The windy day! |
- The sailing
- The heat
- The wind conditions
- Making such good friends
- Being away from your parents!
- Sharing a room with 4 boys!
- The food
- The accommodation
- Swimming
- Chillin!
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